According to reports Lundgren will receive a basic salary of £740,000 compared with McCall’s annual £704,000 pay.

Some 48% of respondents to the TTG poll said they believed men still earn more than women at all levels of the travel industry, while 32% said they believed there was a gender pay gap, but only at a senior level.

Only 20% said they believed that travel salaries were equal for both sexes.

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